Work of Art

Chloe loves to color. She literally could color all day long if I let her. However, she has a particular way of doing it. This picture shows what most of her coloring looks like. She will fill up pages and pages like this and not let us through a single one away. Even if she is coloring in a coloring book or with chalk, everything is multicolored. The best part is that once she uses a crayon, she will put it aside in a neat line and has to go through all the rest of the colors before she will use it again. What a funny little girl! I love her pictures though and have them all around the house.

Check me out!

Yep... Abby is sitting up independently now. She is still a little wobbly, but being that she just started a few days ago, I think she is doing pretty good!

We also gave Abby rice cereal for the first time on Sunday and she loved it! Granted more of it came out than went in, but that is to be expected. We also let Chloe help feed Abby and Chloe thought that was just the coolest thing ever.

Moab 2011

Every Memorial Day weekend we head down to Moab with Aaron's parents, the Cummings, and the McKinlays. We had a lot of fun, but unfortunately didn't take a lot of pictures. In fact, Aaron didn't take a single one of him on a trail in the Jeep. I think it had to do with the fact that he was in his old Jeep with the new one sitting at home in the garage.

I did take a few shots of the kids while we were in Arches National Park. We went shopping the day before and got the kids matching shirts. Arches was kind of a bust because that day the wind was blowing between 20-30 mph and we got sand blasted every time we got out...oh well! Heather was nice enough to hold Abby through it all and did a great job of keeping the sand out of her face.

Other than the wind, we had great weather and spent lots of time outside playing. We even took Abby on her first Jeep trail! She slept through it all. =) Aaron is excited for our next trip because he will get to take his new Jeep Rubicon down and see how it does.

C-H-L-O-E

Chloe is able to write her name now, and she just thinks it is the coolest thing ever! She got so excited the first couple of times she wrote a letter and actually recognized it. Here is a shot of her name that she wrote. Chloe can also identify all the upper case letters so my next goal is to get her to recognize her lower case letters and her numbers. She knows some numbers but isn't as interested in them. But, I am still proud of her, she is such a little smartie!

Introducing Kiara Nichole Allen

My newest niece, Kiara, was born on April 22nd and I was finally able to do a photo shoot with her. As most of you know, she came a month early and was born at home in Amber's bathroom in the middle of the night. Kiara had to spend a few weeks in the NICU due to some lung problems but was finally able to come home a few weeks ago (while still on oxygen) and now she is doing great and off of all her tubes and monitors. We feel so blessed that all is well with her and welcome her home!

Just Too Cute

There is just something precious about a baby laughing, however throw in the fact that it is her big sister that is making her laugh and it just melts your heart. I can't tell you how many times I have come in and found Chloe making Abby laugh. Abby just thinks Chloe is the funniest thing around. Sure, Aaron and I can get her to laugh, but Chloe can keep her laughing. I got this video today while I was putting the groceries away and thought it was just too cute. I sure love these little girls!

Mmmmm.... Feet

Isn't ii fun when they reach new milestones. Abby found her feet a few weeks ago and loves to play with them.

Abby Laughing

Abby has been laughing for quite a while now but whenever I get the camera out to video her, she stops laughing. However, tonight I got a few good chuckles on video. She wasn't super giggly but you get the picture. I also recorded a little bit of Chloe in because I haven't got a video of her for a while (so that part probably isn't too interesting for you so you can just stop watching after Abby laughs =).

Who Needs A Teddy?

Who needs a teddy bear when you have a little sister to snuggle with? I had both of the kids asleep in bed with me this morning while Aaron was getting ready for work and he woke me up to show me this. It was totally worth waking up for!

Four Months Old

We had Abby's four month Well-Child checkup with the doctor yesterday and to quote him on how she is doing, "She is a perfectly healthy baby, good job!" That is always good to hear. She is up to 12.5 lbs. which puts her in the 21st percentile and her length is in the 88th percentile. She is 25.5 inches long- holy cow- that means she has grown six inches in the past four months! She is getting so big and is such a fun baby (most of the time).